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Chapter 397 Ma Zheng
In fact, Yang Zheng has always fallen into traditional misunderstandings.

Competing for population, money and food is a way of fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains, and a way of farming civilization.

The current Liangzhou is not a simple farming force. There are farmers and a large number of herdsmen under its command, scattered in Xihai, Juyan, Wuwei, Beidi and other counties.

Historically, any forces that have dual farming and animal husbandry have been quite difficult to deal with.

Khitan can establish a country for more than 200 years with only Liaodong and Monan.

A piece of Xitao land in Xixia can compete with Song Ting for nearly a hundred years.

Can their population and food be compared with the Central Plains?

But now Yang Zheng is only facing the Sima family that owns the Kanto, not a complete empire.

A country should not be arrogant, and people should not belittle themselves.

Eat one bite at a time, and solve the problems one by one.

It is easy to propose a grand strategy, but it is difficult to implement it.

The first is to turn the soldiers into cavalry to enhance their mobility. Not only cavalry must ride horses, but infantry must also ride horses, and they must also ride two to three horses.

"Six thousand war horses will be slaughtered this year, and Hequ and Xihai war horses have entered a stable period. If the Shandan racecourse is fully restored, the three places can produce about [-] war horses a year." Said Suo Jing, Si Cheng, the army horse.

The former gentle and elegant young man of the aristocratic family has become dark and strong, and his whole body is filled with a capable air, which shows that he is not idle.

The largest racecourse in history is the Shandan Racecourse established by Huo Qubing in Juyan, Wuwei, Zhangye.

"If you add Beidi County, Hetao, and Henan, can you produce [-] horses a year?" Yang Zheng stared at Suo Jing's young face.

The world situation put pressure on Yang Zheng, so Yang Zheng had to put pressure on him.

Suo Jing looked troubled, "The subordinates will do their best."

Yang Zheng said with a smile: "You don't have to be too stressed, you can encourage the folks to raise horses, and the military horse department buys them. There have been horse policies in the Han Dynasty. You can learn a thing or two. If you have difficulties, you can ask Lu Gong and Du Changshi for advice. "

"Thank you, General, for your guidance." Suo Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

The difficulty is indeed great, but it can also test the ability.

If it wasn't for cultivating Suo Jing, Yang Zheng could have asked Du Yu to take charge of the matter. He was the one who created the Xihai Ranch back then.

"The subordinates feel that it is not necessary to use all war horses, but they can be mixed with inferior horses and pack horses. The army can travel long distances, and they can also kill inferior horses and pack horses for food." Suo Jing suggested.

"This strategy is very good, you can write a complete charter."

"Wei." Suo Jing bowed his hands and stepped back.

The big Han attaches great importance to horse administration, so they can turn it around and use cavalry to suppress the Xiongnu.

Now seventy-eight out of ten of the pastures in the world are in their own hands, so there is no reason not to use them.

The importance of Hetao and Henan is also revealed.

Only two days later, Suo Jing's horse policy was released.

First, encourage the folks to raise horses. If a family donates an adult war horse, the whole family can be exempted from corvee and the land tax can be halved.

Second, set up a horse market in the frontier to buy the war horses of the Mobei tribe.

Third, set up 36 horse farms in Shandan, Beidi, and Hetao, filling them with captives from Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Xiongnu. It was compiled as a Wushi private camp, and the system of continuous sitting was implemented, patrolled by cavalry, and if one person escaped, the entire army would be beheaded.

These three strategies all borrowed from the horse policy of the Western Han Dynasty.

During the Wenjing period, the horse restoration order was implemented, and a folk family raised one horse, which could exempt the three members of the family from corvee labor, which was conducive to the development of agricultural production and animal husbandry.

During the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, there were 36 horse gardens, 3 horse officials and slaves were raised, and as many as 30 war horses were raised.

Accumulated property for Emperor Wu's counterattack against the Huns.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even reused Prince Xiutu, Jin Ridun, in charge of horse administration. After his death, he was called the God of Horse and the Prince of Horse.

Liangzhou is rich in water and grass, and the land is sparsely populated. Raising one or two healthy horses, cattle and sheep will not affect their livelihood at all. Encouraging them to raise horses is actually a disguised form of resting with the people.

The government got the horse, and the common people were exempted from taxation and corvee. Everyone was happy.

"That's right, with these three strategies, the Liangzhou Warhorse will have nothing to worry about." Yang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. Next, he only needs to give someone money and let Suo Jing do his best.

"These three strategies were greatly assisted by Du Changshi, otherwise it would be difficult for one subordinate to accomplish this." Suo Jing did not take any credit for it.

"Well, although Du Changshi helps you make decisions, it depends on you to implement them."

"Familiarity must be done with all your heart."

As soon as Suo Jing left, Du Yu came.

Yang Zheng reckoned that the two came at the same time, so Du Yu deliberately gave him the opportunity to meet alone.

"The statistics of the past three years' achievements have come out." Du Yu held a stack of Zuo Bo's papers.

"Oh?" Yang Zheng became very interested.

No matter how much territory is occupied, it cannot be transformed into strength if it cannot be effectively governed.

Liangzhou has great potential.

The land is vast and sparsely populated, rich in resources, arable and grazing, and it is also an important place for commerce.

Lu Zhi must be the one with the highest political achievements, but he is highly respected and has a close relationship with Yang Zheng, so he is not included in the statistics.

"Yang Xiao, the first in meritorious service, and Yang Ji, the second, are in charge of the Tuntian Division. They have had a good harvest for three consecutive years, and they have lost nearly 400 million shi of grain. The treasury has been enriched. Juyan sent troops several times, but there was no worry behind them, both of them did their best, and the third one, Zhang Huan, came from the stable Zhang family, appeased the refugees, observed the people, Poqiang County where the population grew the most."

Political achievements are supported by real figures, and they cannot be faked.

Yang Zheng took the paper and flipped through it briefly. The top ten people were all descendants of aristocratic families, and only No. 13 had a son from a poor family. Among the thirty people, there were only five people from the poor family and common people.

The advantage of the gentry in this regard is too great.

This is just Liangzhou where the gentry is not very powerful.

"Promote Yang Xiao to be the governor of Jiuyuan County, Yang Ji to be the governor of Shuofang County, and Zhang Huan to be the governor of Beidi County..." Yang Zheng read the list one by one.

In the Western Han Dynasty, there was the Shuofang Governor's Department, which had jurisdiction over Beidi County, Shang County, Xihe County, Wuyuan County, and Shuofang County.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was gradually eaten away by the Qiang Hu.

People abandon me to take.

The Central Plains doesn't like it. That's because from the perspective of traditional farming, the cost of ruling is too high, but Yang Zheng has no such scruples at all. It is a dual system of farming and animal husbandry, with farming as the core and nomadism as the extension.

There are three sets of Yellow River, Beidi County in the west, Shuofang and Jiuyuan in the front, and Yunzhong in the back.

The territory is extremely vast.

Taking the Henan land, and then matching the front set, Yunzhong is actually a thing on the plate.

"How's the function of the bald tree?" Yang Zheng asked, staring at the sand table.

Now in late October, the weather has turned cold.

If we can't deal a fatal blow to the Huns this year and make decisive progress, maybe the Huns will be able to catch their breath next year.

The Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Qianghu are not fools. Yang Zheng sent his troops to the north with the intention of devouring the Hetao. With strong external forces, they might be able to unite.

"According to Xuan Yilang's secret report, the function of the bald-haired tree has been stagnant in Dijinze recently." Pang Qing said.

"Could it be that he has a different intention?" Yang Zheng turned his gaze to Du Yu.

Wei Guan went to Yuzhong and secretly hooked up with the powerful men in Longyou.

The only person around who can ask is Du Yu.

"Employees don't doubt people. Since the general sent him there, there is no need to doubt. His heart is with me. The land in Henan belongs to the general. If his heart is not with me, this land will also belong to the general!" Du Yu said solemnly.

(End of this chapter)